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Legal ethics issues affecting funding of class actions, how funding affects ability to bring class actions and implications for settlement values
By AMANDA BRONSTAD | July 20, 2017
The settlement over Ashley Madison's data breach presents a unique conundrum: How do you find class members who don't exactly want to be found?
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By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | July 20, 2017
No Injury-in-Fact on Benefit of the Bargain Theory Based on Manufacturer's Omission in Absence of Affirmative Duty to Disclose
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By Amanda Bronstad | July 20, 2017
The settlement over Ashley Madison's data breach presents a unique conundrum: How do you send out notices to class members who don't exactly want to be found?
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By David Gialanella | July 19, 2017
A putative class action based on a collection letter's alleged misinformation about the debt's effects on credit rating is headed to discovery, thanks to a Newark federal judge's holding that the claimed "informational injury" is sufficient for standing.
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By John Council | July 18, 2017
Sometimes, having a "long-planned European vacation" is reason enough to get a person excused from attending to certain duties. But not at the Fifth Circuit.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Tom McParland | July 18, 2017
A shareholder in Tribune Media Co. has filed a new class action complaint in Delaware federal court, alleging that a proposed $3.9 billion merger with Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. undervalued the Chicago-based conglomerate and boxed other potential buyers out of the bidding process.
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By C. Ryan Barber | July 18, 2017
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is moving forward on a rule that would restrict arbitration agreements that block consumers from bringing class actions against banks. Now, it's game on for the rule's supporters and opponents. The battle may not be confined to Capitol Hill. Ready for a "legal hail Mary"?
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By C. Ryan Barber | July 17, 2017
Keith Noreika, acting comptroller of the currency, and Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, are sparring over the CFPB's new, and controversial, push to restrict arbitration agreements that ban class actions in the banking and finance industries. Here's some of the back and forth between Keith and Rich.
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By Charles Toutant | July 17, 2017
A Bergen County judge has ruled that an arbitration provision in a residential solar power contract is not cause to dismiss a proposed class action suit against the company installing the system.
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By Michael Booth | July 17, 2017
Federal statutes and regulations on auto emission standards do not preclude New Jersey plaintiffs from pursuing consumer fraud and related claims against Volkswagen that stem from the carmaker's diesel emissions scandal, a state appeals court ruled on Monday.
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